Junior guard Epiphanny Prince earned Associated Press All-America third team honors for the second consecutive season Tuesday two days after Rutgers was eliminated from the NCAA tournament. Prince, the first two-time All America at Rutgers since Cappie Pondexter, became the first player in program history to earn the distinction in back-to-back years.

Prince, the third-leading scorer in the Big East this season, averaged 22.7 points in the Scarlet Knights' three NCAA tournament games. The seventh-seeded Scarlet Knights (21-13) lost to Purdue in the Sweet 16 round in the Oklahoma City regional Sunday.

Prince, who finished third in the conference in steals and fourth in free throw percentage, topped the 20-point plateau 16 times. She also became Rutgers' all-time single-season leader in made free throws (367), passing former All American Sue Wicks.

Prince, who averaged 19.5 points, is currently ninth on the Scarlet Knights all-time scoring list with 1,552 points.

Oklahoma center Courtney Paris headlined the honors by becoming the sport's first four-time first-team AP All America. The Connecticut duo of Maya Moore and Renee Montgomery, Louisville's Angel McCoughtry and Maryland's Kristi Toliver also were named to the first team.